Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race / 牛津和剑桥划船比赛
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race is annual rowing race on the River Thames between teams from Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
牛津和剑桥划船比赛是每年在泰晤士河上举行的划船比赛，参赛队来自牛津大学和剑桥大学。
Originally, there was only a race between two boats, each with 8 male rowers and a cox.
最初，只有两艘船之间的比赛，每艘船都有8名男性划手和一名舵手。
However, now there is also a similar woman’s race.
然而，现在也有一个类似的女子比赛。
This race is the oldest inter-university rowing competition in the world.
这场比赛是世界上最古老的校际划艇比赛。
The first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race took place on the 10th June 1829 and the first women’s race took place in 1927.
第一次牛津和剑桥划船比赛于1829年6月10号举行，第一次女子比赛则于1927年举行。
The race covers almost 7km which is 3 times greater than the course of a Olympic rowing race using similar boats.
这场比赛的距离几乎为7公里，是使用类似船只的奥林匹克划船比赛赛程的3倍。
As of 2025, Cambridge University has won the race 88 times and Oxford University has won the race 81 times, with 1 dead heat in 1877.
截至2025年，剑桥大学赢得了比赛88次，牛津大学赢得了比赛81次，1877年有1次并列比赛。
Both teams are known as ‘Blues’ as the Oxford University team wears a dark blue sports kit and Cambridge University wears light blue sports kit.
双方队都被称为‘蓝队’，牛津大学队穿深蓝色运动服，剑桥大学队穿浅蓝色运动服。
Watching this race is very popular in the U.K. and throughout the world.
观看这场比赛在英国和全世界都是非常受欢迎的。
Each year a quarter of a million people watch the race from the banks of the River Thames and typically more than another quarter of a million watch it on television.
每年有四分之二十万人在泰晤士河岸观看比赛，通常还有超过另一四分之二十万人通过电视观看。
The race is broadcast internationally and about 15 million people watch the race live across the world.
这场比赛在国际上播出，全球约有1500万人观看比赛直播。
The race started as a challenge between two friends.
比赛开始时是两个朋友之间的挑战。
One the friends was studying at Oxford University whereas the other friend was studying at Cambridge University.
一个朋友在牛津大学学习，而另一个朋友在剑桥大学学习。
Since that first race, the men’s race has been held almost continuously every year.
自第一次比赛以来，男子比赛几乎每年都持续举行。
The men’s race was cancelled from 1915 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1945 because of World War 1 and World War 2, however the women’s race continued throughout the war years.
男子比赛因第一次世界大战和第二次世界大战从1915年到1918年以及1940年到1945年取消，但女子比赛在战争期间持续进行。
In addition, all the race was cancelled in 2020 because of Covid.
此外，2020年的所有比赛因新冠病毒而取消。
Some of the races have not taken place without incident.
一些比赛并没有平安进行。
In 2012, the race had to be temporarily stopped because of an Australian protestor who deliberately swam between the boats.
在2012年，由于一个澳大利亚抗议者故意在华庭之间游泳，这场比赛不得不暂时停止。
In 1912, the race was abandoned when both boats sank in bad weather.
1912年，当两艘船在恶劣天气中沉没时，这场比赛被放弃了。
On a number of years, one of the boats sank because of water being blown into the boat.
在若干年里，有一只船因为水被吹进船里而沉没。
In 1951, the race had to be rescheduled for the following day, after the Cambridge boat collided with a barge before the race started and then sank.
1951年，比赛不得不重新安排在第二天进行，因为剑桥船在比赛开始前与一艘驳船相撞后沉没。
All the rowers are students who are only admitted to Oxford and Cambridge University on their academic abilities and never just for their sporting abilities.
所有的划船者都是学生，他们仅凭学术能力被牛津和剑桥大学录取，绝不是仅凭运动能力。
In the past, Olympic rowers considered these university rowers incompetent.
在过去，奥林匹克赛艇运动员认为这些大学赛艇运动员无能。
However, because of modern training methods, these students are now considered the equals of any Olympic athlete.
然而，由于现代训练方法，这些学生现在被视为任何奥林匹克运动员的平等者。
Since 1976, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race has been sponsored by several financial investment companies and a French fashion company.
自1976年以来，牛津和剑桥划船赛一直由几家金融投资公司和一家法国时尚公司赞助。
Although these companies can have their logos on the sports kit they are not allowed to have their logos on the boats.
尽管这些公司可以在体育装备上使用他们的标志，但是他们不被允许在船上使用标志。
Because of the men’s Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race’s popularity, additional races now also take place on the same day, such as the women’s and the veteran’s race.
由于男子牛津和剑桥划船比赛的受欢迎程度，现在同一天还会举行其他比赛，如女子赛和退老年人比赛。
The race has now also been copied by Durham and Newcastle Universities.
现在杜伦大学和纽卡斯尔大学也复制了这场比赛。